1 Introduction

Whatever the type of the online transaction over the Internet is, security is the first in demand. During a transaction, both sides should be sure about not only the identity of the correspondent, but also the integrity and confidentiality of the data being transmitted. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) [7] mostly fulfils those Internet user demands. SSL Protocol is an application independent protocol. SSL runs over a reliable transfer protocol such as TCP and is used to encapsulate various higher level protocols such as HTTP, TELNET, FTP, etc. SSL Protocol provides a private and reliable connection over an insecure, public network and the peers' identity can be authenticated using either symmetric or public-key cryptography. SSL is mostly used to secure the main protocol of the Internet, HTTP Protocol which is also referred to as HTTPS. However, the use of SSL reduces the web server throughput and causes slower response times. A...